Tablet BM 33944

NaBuCCo ID 1241
Museum No. BM 33944
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 541
Editio princeps Nbn. 884
Paraphrase Purchase of livestock. Fragmentary.
A sells (lit. “gives”, nadānu) 2 free-roaming cows (sāhirtu), that […], 20 female (nursing) goats (enzu mūnīqu) […] and 20 young male goats (enzu gadû) […] to B for 1 mina and 32 shekels of silver. The seller guarantees against prior claims (uškûtu) related to this livestock. A deducts (elû Š) the silver for the goats from (the amount due by) C1 and C2. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Marduk-rēmanni/Nabû-….
 
A = Rēmūtu/Nabû-rīhtu-uṣur; B = Iddin-Marduk/Iqīšāya//Nūr-Sîn; C1 = Kināya; C2 = Guzia
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-VI-dd